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  • From: Diane Porter <dporter@lisco.com>
  • To: nafex mailing list at ibiblio <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] Mulberry commercial potentials
  • Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 09:45:42 -0500

Can anyone tell me where I can get scion wood for Illinois Everbearing? I
have volunteer mulberries, and I'd love to turn one or two of them into a
nice tree that we could get good fruit from.

Diane Porter, Fairfield, Iowa



On Jan 12, 2013, at 8:45 AM, Jwlehman@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 1/11/2013 4:58:43 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> qazingulaza@gmail.com writes:
>
>> I've planted out about 20 Illinois Everbearing with the hopes of making
>> wine, but I'm hesitant to plant more until I know if there is an easy way
>> to
>> harvest them and also if the birds will even allow me to harvest anything
>> at all.
>>
>
> The big problem with Illinois Everbearing is the long ripening period with
> low crop yield at any one time making it difficult to collect large enough
> quantities for processing. The answer has to be a large number of trees.
> For
> one thing large enough to feed all the birds as well as collect fruit.
> Illinois Everbearing is a fantastic fruit. Better than any pure black I've
> ever
> tasted and I've tasted many.
>
> We collect fruits from our Black Mulberry trees by spreading bed sheets
> under the trees then using long poles shake the limbs. Then float out the
> bugs
> and use. There will still be a little protein in the cobbler, but after
> cooking who cares. Mulberry/raspberry cobbler or pie....YUM YUM.
>
> Oh, we don't pick off the stems. Also don't leave the sheets under the tree
> very long as they also collect bird droppings.
>
> Jerry
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